I could start an awful lot of threads and drown boards with what I find interesting in the wider
UK▸ news ... so here is (initially) 3 in one - from 10th March 2019. Please feel free to quote / start fresh threads if something is of more than passing interest. I wonder, for example, if the Spalding call for trains to be moved out of the town to allow level crossings to close may ring a bell (or sting) in Portishead ...
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Free bus travel for all in Scotland" call by scottish Labour Leader -
BBC» "
£200million train cab where drivers can't see out the window: Station signals obscured from the seat and views blocked by a wall housing the safety ladder put passengers in danger" -
Daily Mail, re: Great Northern class 717
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The idea of moving the railway around Spalding to avoid a few traffic hold ups is the limit, and shows a complete lack of understanding of the matter." -
Spalding Today